Mahapleu weather in May

In May, Mahapleu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 170 mm of rain across 24.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mahapleu's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mahapleu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 170 mm; 24.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:18 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Mahapleu is town and sub-prefecture in Montagnes, Ivory Coast.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mahapleu reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How May really feels in Mahapleu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Mahapleu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 20°	25	5.2	11.6	4.8
Feb	33° / 22°	58	9	11.8	3.8
Mar	32° / 23°	114	19.4	12	3.2
Apr	31° / 22°	126	20.8	12.2	3.2
May	30° / 22°	170	24.6	12.3	3.2
Jun	28° / 22°	194	26.7	12.4	3.4
Jul	27° / 21°	188	26.7	12.4	3.9
Aug	27° / 21°	248	27.1	12.2	3.8
Sep	28° / 22°	271	28.7	12	3.4
Oct	29° / 22°	169	27.2	11.8	3.4
Nov	29° / 21°	76	16.9	11.7	4.4
Dec	30° / 20°	25	6.3	11.6	5.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Cloudier (%)	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mahapleu gets around 170 mm of rain over 24.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	72	72	73	74	75	76	76	77	78	79	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	73
4	74
5	75
6	76
7	76
8	77
9	78
10	79
11	80
12	80
13	81
14	81
15	81
16	81
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	85

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5
Oppressive (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:41 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:21	6:36
2	12.3	6:21	6:36
3	12.3	6:21	6:37
4	12.3	6:21	6:37
5	12.3	6:20	6:37
6	12.3	6:20	6:37
7	12.3	6:20	6:37
8	12.3	6:20	6:37
9	12.3	6:19	6:37
10	12.3	6:19	6:37
11	12.3	6:19	6:37
12	12.3	6:19	6:37
13	12.3	6:19	6:37
14	12.3	6:18	6:38
15	12.3	6:18	6:38
16	12.3	6:18	6:38
17	12.3	6:18	6:38
18	12.3	6:18	6:38
19	12.3	6:18	6:38
20	12.3	6:18	6:38
21	12.4	6:18	6:39
22	12.4	6:18	6:39
23	12.4	6:18	6:39
24	12.4	6:17	6:39
25	12.4	6:17	6:39
26	12.4	6:17	6:40
27	12.4	6:17	6:40
28	12.4	6:17	6:40
29	12.4	6:17	6:40
30	12.4	6:18	6:40
31	12.4	6:18	6:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 4.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mahapleu

In seasonPeak

In May, Mahapleu sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mahapleu's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Mahapleu sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Mahapleu?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mahapleu.

What to pack for Mahapleu in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Mahapleu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mahapleu in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mahapleu peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	14	13	12	11	10	12	13	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Mahapleu in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Mahapleu is worst in February — around 84 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.5× the cleanest month (August, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	65	84	66	49	26	16	12	10	11	17	24	45
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	65	Unhealthy
Feb	84	Unhealthy
Mar	66	Unhealthy
Apr	49	Poor
May	26	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	10	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Mahapleu?

Mahapleu sits at 7.2°N, 7.9°W, 337 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Danané, 25 km away.

Topography around Mahapleu

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mahapleu.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mahapleu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 336 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 515 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,520 m.

The land around Mahapleu is covered by trees (76%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

76 m

trees 76%

16 km

515 m

trees 94%

80 km

1,520 m

trees 93%

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← April Mahapleu year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Danané 25 km · Zou 31 km · Logoualé 44 km · Zouan-Hounien 46 km · Man 47 km · Kahin 48 km · Bangolo 54 km · Gohouo 57 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,050; 2025
Happiness: 5.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 36%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 24.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 393

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mahapleu (7.2247°, -7.9312°, elevation 337 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	73
4	74
5	75
6	76
7	76
8	77
9	78
10	79
11	80
12	80
13	81
14	81
15	81
16	81
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	73
4	74
5	75
6	76
7	76
8	77
9	78
10	79
11	80
12	80
13	81
14	81
15	81
16	81
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	73
4	74
5	75
6	76
7	76
8	77
9	78
10	79
11	80
12	80
13	81
14	81
15	81
16	81
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	5	95